Overview

Watch4Net APG integrates seamlessly with the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM through a specially developed APG adapter. This gateway allows APG to collect topology data and device statistics about the Alcatel-Lucent equipments 7750 SR, 7710 SR, and 7450 ESS. Because of this integration, Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM customers obtain - through the APG web portal - an end-to-end visibility across the entire managed infrastructure.



Key Features

Integrated Solution

  • Together, the combined capabilities of APG and the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM enable service providers and enterprises to:
  • Integrate provisioning and statistics within the MPLS infrastructure, with other managed networks and equipments
  • Control the integration mechanism, to choose which topology data or KPIs should be collected or ignored allowing a fully customized solution which doesn't require huge hardware resources to run
  • Deliver accurate, real-time and service-oriented views for operations, engineering and customers
  • Offer a highly scalable solution that supports active/standby Alcatel-Lucent SAM architectures
  • Rapid deployment of joint Alcatel-Lucent and APG solutions
  • Utilize the XML features of SAM-O to provide open and extensible integration capabilities

Compatible with Alcatel fail over architectures

The APG Alcatel-Lucent SAM Adapter communicates with the Alcatel-Lucent SAM-O module using the Web XML service. SOAP requests are sent to the SAM-O and responses are analyzed and formatted before being sent into APG. The following diagram illustrates how the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM-O adapter fits in within the APG architecture.

Ready-to-use Reports

  • Generic Device performance (CPU, memory, etc)
  • Physical and Logical Interface performance
  • MPLS LSPs & VRF measurements
  • Service Access Points (SAPs)
  • Service Tunnel Traffic (SDPs)
  • Class of forwarding measurements
  • Ingress and Egress traffic details
  • Customizable reports and thresholds
  • Service Level (SLA) reports

Benefits

  • No double-polling, all required data is drawn from the SAM
  • No additional load on equipment
  • Automatic topology synchronization

System Requirements

  • Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM release 4 or 5 and 6
  • Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM-O module
  • Watch4Net APG 4.1 or higher
  • Watch4Net APG Alcatel-Lucent SAM Adapter
  • Utilizes Alcatel-Lucent's XML/SOAP interface (SAM-O)